#D9D978#D9D978

#D9D978 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.657; OKLCH L 86.5% C 0.120 H 108.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9D978
RGB	rgb(217, 217, 120)
HSL	hsl(60, 56%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(60, 45%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 44.7%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.86, -13.54, 47.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.86, 49.43, 105.90°)
OKLab	oklab(86.48% -0.0385 0.1139)
OKLCH	oklch(86.48% 0.12 108.7)
XYZ	xyz(56.8194, 65.7348, 27.4606)
Luminance	0.6573 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9D978 #7878D9

analogous

#D9A878 #D9D978 #A8D978

triadic

#D9D978 #78D9D9 #D978D9

tetradic

#D9D978 #78D9A8 #7878D9 #D978A8

square

#D9D978 #78D9A8 #7878D9 #D978A8

split-complementary

#D9D978 #78A8D9 #A878D9

monochromatic

#A7A72F #CCCC48 #D9D978 #E6E6A8 #F4F4D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#D9D978 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.15

#D9D978 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9D978

14.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9D978	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9D978	1.00	1.48	14.15	14.15
#FFFFFF	1.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E7D270

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D67D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E5CEC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9d978;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 217, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.5% 0.120 108.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e6e4a1',
    500: '#d9d978',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9d978;
$custom-light: #e6e4a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9d978",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 56.069,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86477,
    "c": 0.12017,
    "h": 108.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.65733
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9D978

secondary

#4A4AAB

accent

#22C422

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFCF5

border

#D5D5CF

text

#16150F

muted

#848480

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9D978

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →